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The depiction by the artist John Graham in 1792 shows Fraser being wrapped for burial on the battlefield, surrounded by grieving officers and soldiers under his command. Also killed during the action was
Francis Clerke (1748–1777), the aide-de-camp to General Burgoyne. Clerke was also shot and killed
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Roderick Mackenzie I of Applecross. Simon Fraser's mother was his father's second wife, Jean Mackintosh, daughter of Angus Mackintosh 10th of Kyllachy by his wife Lucy, daughter of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 2nd
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as an excuse for three main characters, Jamie and Claire and Jamie's nephew Ian Murray, to return to
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by Morgan's riflemen as he rode upon the field to deliver orders to Fraser from
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